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A review by dude_watchin_with_the_brontes
She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya
5.0
I listened to the audiobook, so I can't comment on the illustrations, or how they tied in to the narratives. I would like to borrow a physical copy to see the artwork at some point.
I listened to the audiobook read by the author. It was powerful, and I listened to it in sections. It alternates between the point of views of the goddess Parvati, in first person, and an unnamed "he", in third person. I loved how those POVs reflected each narrative - Parvati's story, though mythological, became both more personal and more accessible. "His" story felt more distant and more indistinct, which was how "he" felt about "himself".
A beautiful, powerful queer story.
I listened to the audiobook read by the author. It was powerful, and I listened to it in sections. It alternates between the point of views of the goddess Parvati, in first person, and an unnamed "he", in third person. I loved how those POVs reflected each narrative - Parvati's story, though mythological, became both more personal and more accessible. "His" story felt more distant and more indistinct, which was how "he" felt about "himself".
Spoiler
While "he" comes to accept his bisexuality, the body dysmorphia is never resolved. There was the strong implication that "he" is trans, which makes it that much more powerful that "he" is named only by pronoun, because "he" may not resolve his identity until "he" stops being "he" at all.A beautiful, powerful queer story.